Poisoning pigeons in the park (Tom Lehrer)
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- (Posted 2025-10-24) CPDL #87216:
- Editor: Richard Shakeshaft (submitted 2025-10-24). Score information: A4, 9 pages, 4.2 MB Copyright: Personal
- Edition notes: This is a new edition based on the publicly available copies provided by Tom Lehrer. A preview is available, but name and email are required to download complete free licensed copies.
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Title: Poisoning Pigeons in the Park
Composer: Tom Lehrer
Lyricist: Tom Lehrer
Number of voices: (missing) Voicing: Unknown
Genre: Secular, Unknown
Language: Unknown
Instruments: Unknown
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English text
Spring is here, asuhpuh ring is here,
life is skittles and life is beer,
I think loveliest time of the year is the spring
I do, don't you? 'course you do!
But there’s one thing that makes spring comsplete for me
and makes ev’ry Sunday a treat for me.
All the world seems in tune on a spring afternoon
when we’re poisoning pigeons in the park.
Ev’ry Sunday you’ll see
my sweetheart and me,
as we poison the pigeons in the park.
When they see us coming, the birdies all try an’ hide,
but they still go for peanuts when coated with cyan(h)ide.
The sun’s shining bright,
ev’rything seems all right,
when we’re poisoning pigeons in the park.
We’ve gained notoriety and caused much anxiety
in the Audubon Society* with our games.
They call it impiety,
and lack of propriety,
and quite a variety of unpleasant names.
But it's not against any religion
to want to dispose of a pigeon.
So if Sunday you're free,
why don't you come with me,
and we'll poison the pigeons in the park.
And maybe we'll do in a squirrel or two,
while we're poisoning pigeons in the park.
We'll murder them all amid laughter and merriment,
except for the few we take home to experiment.
My pulse will be quickenin' with each drop of strych'nine we feed to a pigeon
(it just take a smidgin!) to poison a pigeon in the park.
- the Audubon Society is an American charity dedicated to the conservation of birds and their habitats.